Begging for a monthly pass, Big Luo Luo and Little Lori are rolling on the ground

On May 12, 2nd year of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zishi in Muravyov and Gualja. More than a month after Yuan Bao arrived in Yingtian, he received the two with more formal etiquette.

The meeting place was in the temporary palace in Yingtian City, from Zuo Zongtang, Luo Zenan, and Wei. Below Haiming, several important civil and military ministers participated in this ceremony. Zhu Ming's etiquette is close to that of the West, and when he meets the monarch, he kneels down on one knee and does not need to bow to the monarch, and there is no matter of affecting diplomatic activities because of ceremonial disputes. After Muravyov bowed down to Zhu Jishi with the same etiquette as an audience with the Tsar, he carefully looked at the Eastern King on the throne in front of him with a gaze that was not rude. Seeing that Zhu Jishi was dressed in the dragon robe of the Ming Emperor, his waist was straight, and he had a beard, and he looked even more majestic and solemn.

Muravyov thought to himself, this is Peter the Great of China, the biggest opponent of the Russian Empire in the East!

Gualca. Yuan Bao also knelt down on one knee like Muravyov, and then stood there straight, glaring at Zhu Jishi. If the gaze can kill, Zhu Datianzi is afraid that he has died no less than ten times. Even the bones of the five holy monarchs of Shunzhi, Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong, and Jiaqing were actually bought by Zhu Da traitor with 7 million stone rice grain......

When the news reached Shengjing, the people of the Eight Banners all gritted their teeth and hated Zhu Jishi's shareholding. But when Zhu Ming's sun and moon and the Huihui flag appeared on the Changshan Islands, and Zhu Ming's sailors were cruising in the waters of eastern Liaodong, the people of Manchu and Mongolia were all terrified.

After all. The soldiers of the Eight Banners have long since broken their spines. Now it can only be done in North Korea. Where do you dare to compete with Zhu Ming's strong ships and cannons? If there is another defeat in Huaxian, the people of the Eight Banners will be extinct.

Zuo Zongtang from Muravyov and Gualja. Yuan Bao took the letter of state in his hand, opened it and handed it to Zhu Jishi, the copy of the letter had already been transferred through Shen Baozhen, and there were no disrespectful words that would cause disputes.

Zhu Jishi opened the national letter of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and glanced at it, and looked up at the words of Prince Gong, the regent of the Qing Dynasty, to the King of Daming. Then he opened the Russian credentials. The letter was written in Russian, German, and Chinese, apparently in view of Zhu Jishi's high level of German.

"General Muravyov, did your Russian Empire put the Qing in the status of a protectorate?" Zhu Jishi closed the Russian letter and asked Muravyov directly in German.

At this time, the Russian tsar was actually of German descent and married to the royal family of the German Confederation, so the Russian aristocracy generally spoke German.

Muravyov bent over, and did not deny it: "Yes, Your Majesty the King." It was the usual position of the Russian Empire to protect our southern neighbor from foreign invasion. ”

A cold smile appeared on the corner of Zhu Jishi's mouth: "In other words, if the Manchu Qing is attacked by the Ming Dynasty, your Russian Empire is ready to declare war on my Ming Dynasty?" ”

Muravyov said: "The Russian Empire will do everything possible to aid the Qing Dynasty. As for whether or not to participate in the war, it depends on the situation. ”

Zhu Jishi snorted. didn't answer again, just squinted, Zuo Zongtang took over the topic (someone translated on the spot), and sneered: "Your Moscow is more than 20,000 miles away from Manchuria, and you can't go for a year, you have to wait for your tsar to depend on the situation, and the Manchurian Qing Dynasty was destroyed by my Ming Dynasty in the morning!" ”

"I still have a million armor in the Qing Dynasty, and the fertile land is thousands of miles!" Gualca. Yuan Bao said, "If you dare to come across the sea, you will definitely be asked to wait for you to come and go!" ”

Luo Zenan said with a smile: "My Ming soldiers crossed the sea to Manchuria as early as December last year, and it has been more than six months, but I haven't seen a single soldier of your Manchu Dynasty. ”

Gualca. Yuan Bao snorted coldly, of course, the news of the landing of the Ming army in Vladivostok had been reported to Shengjing by the Jilin General's Mansion. This is one of the reasons why Muravyov personally came to Yingtian. Because the Russians had secretly explored the eastern coast of Manchuria for a long time, and found that Vladivostok was the best area for building a deep-water port. So I have been thinking about taking this harbor for myself, but I didn't expect to be grabbed by the Ming army!

In addition, Zhu Ming's invasion of the Korean coast was also the reason for Muravyov's trip to Yingtian, but it was not mentioned in the Russian letter, because Moscow did not expect Zhu Ming to attack North Korea at all. But now Zhu Ming doesn't even plan to let go of Manchuria, and it's really not interesting to mention North Korea.

However, Muravyov still had a trump card in his hand, and he smiled and said to Zhu Jishi in German: "Your Majesty, the Russian Empire can help more than one Qing Dynasty, but also the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom that occupies northern China!" Your war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is a life-and-death battle that will determine the future dominance of China. The land that the Qing Dynasty now occupies does not belong to China in the first place, does it? ”

Zhu Jishi smiled when he heard this: "How is your Russian Empire going to assist the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?" Do you want to go to war with the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom against my Ming Dynasty? ”

Muravyov said with a smile: "The Russian Empire will also do everything possible to aid the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and as for whether to participate in the war or not, it depends on the situation." ”

Zhu Jishi snorted and was about to speak, but above the hall, there was silence for a while, Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan spoke at the same time and shouted: "Your Majesty!" ”

The meaning of the two, Zhu Jishi knew very well that the Manchu Qing was already a dry bone in the grave, and even if he received Russian assistance, he could not get it back. But the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is different, they have an army of one million, they have the Heavenly Father Emperor God, they have the "Heavenly Dynasty Tianmu System", and they also occupy Beijing, the home of the emperor. If he receives great assistance from Russia, he will inevitably be Zhu Ming's great enemy.

Therefore, it was best for Zhu Ming to make a concession on the Northern Qing issue and reach a peace so that he could concentrate on defeating the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Hearing Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan shouting, Muravyov sighed in his heart, he also heard a lot about the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. What they are pursuing is a radical line, which is to carry out an earth-shaking revolution in China's society, culture, religion, and economy. In Muravyov's understanding, such a complete revolution is often accompanied by violent social upheaval, and this is the best time for the counter-revolutionary forces to fight back. If it misses out, the nascent revolutionary regime will gain a foothold, learn from the lessons, and get rid of its initial infantile ills. Then a series of practical revolutionary measures were adopted to push the strength of the revolutionary armed forces to the top.

Therefore, Zhu Jishi will definitely want to concentrate his strength and take advantage of the opportunity of the early rise of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom to destroy it.

"If you Russia want to support the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, you must support the Manchus!"

Zhu Jishi straightened up and said to Muravyov in an unquestionable tone: "You go back and tell Nicholas I that if you want to fight, I will fight!" ”

He said this in Chinese, and Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan suddenly showed anxious expressions on their faces.

Muravyov listened to the relay of the translator next to him, his face changed greatly, and what else to say, Zhu Jishi turned to the side and said in German: "This is my final reply!" ”

He turned his head to look at Guerja again. Yuanbao: "You also bring a message to Yixin for Lone, the Lone King will cross the sea to the east in a few days, and he will hunt in North Korea!" ”

This is Gualga. Yuan Bao gasped, he didn't expect the Russians to mediate, and Zhu Jishi's attitude was still so tough, even regardless of the threat of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, he would wipe out the Qing Dynasty.

Mulajov and Gualja. After the ingots left, Will. Haiming, Shen Baozhen and others also retreated, leaving only Zuo Zongtang and Luo Zenan, Zhu Jishi said: "Zuo Xiang, military advisor, do you think that King Gu is too tough on the Russians?" ”

Zuo Zongtang frowned and said: "Your Majesty, Russia will eventually be a great disaster for China, but now that we have two great enemies, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, it is really not appropriate to create a strong enemy like Russia." ”

Luo Zenan also said: "Your Majesty, your subordinates also mean this, we should use the method of distant friendship and close attack, destroy the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom first, and then deal with the Manchu Qing." ”

Zhu Jishi smiled: "Prime Minister Zuo, military advisor, you still don't know about Russia and its country, no matter how low we are, Russia will definitely send troops to intervene to prevent my Ming Dynasty from unifying China." However, the eastern part of Russia was extremely panicked, and it could not support the large army at all, and the road was not easy to walk, so it could not dispatch large troops. Therefore, I am not afraid of the Russian army sending land divisions on an expedition of thousands of miles. However, the Russian navy should not be underestimated, and its strength is second only to Britain and France, and if a fleet is mobilized to the east, our navy will not be able to deal with it. That's why I said that I would occupy Vladivostok and then blockade Arthur with the Changshan Islands, so that it would be very difficult for the Russian Navy to find a foothold in the East. (To be continued......)